Entries for January 2017

The Department of Education, Innovation and Gender Relations, through the Curriculum and Materials Development Unit (CAMDU), is attempting to raise the level of students’ achievement in mathematics in Saint Lucia, with the hosting of a Mathematics Symposium for Educators from January 31st to February 1st, 2017.

Close to one hundred local regional and international physicians and healthcare workers are currently participating in a Biennial Continuing Medical Education Conference which opened in St Lucia today.

The CME is being hosted by St Jude Hospital in collaboration with Des Moines University in Iowa, United States, at the National Skills Development Centre in Vieux Fort. It is being held under the theme Integrated Healthcare for the Elderly and targets Doctors, Dentists, Nurses, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Social Workers and Allied Health professionals.

The St Lucia Cooperative League has announced its acquisition of what it describes as a monument of its success and strength.

Business Development Officer for the St Lucia Cooperative Union League Phil Henderson says the process of owning the William Peter Boulevard location was recently finalized adding that it is expected to increase the level of convenience for members.

A woman who was hospitalised yesterday after drinking the herbicide, Gramoxone, has died, her daughter confirms.
Cecilia Daniel Marshall, 43, of Deglos passed away at Victoria Hospital around 11:00 last night.

The 21-year-old said her mother drank the substance around 7 a.m. at their home yesterday. A bottle with the substance was found her mother’s feet.

Soca Artiste and Rise St Lucia activist Jonathan ‘Ninja Dan’ St. Rose who was accused of murder has been released

The development comes just months after St Rose and two other men who were also jailed in connection with murder of a Pavee man, pled guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter. The trio was sentenced to 20 years in prison last year.